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by Ana Marie Cox
In the aftermath of Gen. Stanley McChrystal's resignation, political journalists in Washington joked that President Barack Obama managed to respond faster to Rolling Stone than he had to the BP oil spill. I wonder if Obama administration staffers see it differently: A months-old quote in a music magazine managed to have a bigger impact on national affairs than all the Twitterers in the elite
The glamour and historic nature of the Obama White House have turned covering it into a growth industry in terms of both the number of journalists on the beat and the number of items they produce. Politico has at least half a dozen writers covering the administration at any given time, and by that I don't mean "every day," but rather "every minute." And by "covering," I don't mean "reporting." I'm not sure what I mean. By noon on one recent day, Politico's "Whiteboard" blog had eight posts, mostly reprinting
I observed a year ago, when the sheen on the Obama White House had yet to be tarnished by any scandal, that, historically, the
And while young war reporter Michael Hastings was digging up his McChrystal scoop, what were the
In fact, the only real news to come out of the
At the
Of course, someone has to keep an eye on the presidency. What's wrong with the
But putting a horde of reporters at the site where the big decisions about the country's future are made is no guarantee of enhanced coverage. Instead of heaping more telegenic reporters into a single
And leave Bo to me.
Ana Marie Cox is the founding editor of the political blog Wonkette and is the Washington correspondent for GQ magazine. She can also be seen on MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show."
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